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    Game Booster

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by scytharian, Nov 30, 2010.

  1. scytharian

    scytharian Notebook Guru

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    Does game booster make a significant noticeable difference?

    Im running at M11xR2 with core i5 and 4gb ram and Seagate Momentus XT 500gb
     
    scytharian, Nov 30, 2010
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  2. goha01

    goha01 Notebook Geek

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    It seems to work better with older PC and systems with lots of tasks to load...
    On my XPS 1640,it doesn't make much improvement at all
     
    goha01, Nov 30, 2010
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  3. Xaser04

    Xaser04 Notebook Consultant

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    When running it made no noticable difference on my R1 (playing BFBC2 so something that is VERY cpu hungry).

    Turning off Windows defender, Firewall and my AV software made the most difference for me.
     
    Xaser04, Nov 30, 2010
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  4. Itsnotlikethat

    Itsnotlikethat Notebook Consultant

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    On my R2 it makes absolutely no difference at all.
     
    Itsnotlikethat, Nov 30, 2010
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  5. CapnBoost

    CapnBoost Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't clocked it but it seems that load times are better, especially on Civ5. No perceived change in load times for MMO or framerate.

    Could be the placebo effect.
     
    CapnBoost, Nov 30, 2010
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  6. Korre07

    Korre07 Notebook Guru

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    it runs with everygame i get. makes me feel better that i'm using as much as my computer for gaming as possible.
     
    Korre07, Nov 30, 2010
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  7. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Meh.

    Personally, I wouldn't bother.

    You are trying to stop other software / processes from running to free up resources... but you need to download and run another piece of software to do it... seems like it kind of defeats the purpose to me.
     
    kent1146, Nov 30, 2010
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  8. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    Doesn't do anything for me. I've already optimized my system to the point where anything that GB is doing isn't having any measurable impact.
     
    slickie88, Nov 30, 2010
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  9. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    It hasn't done anything for me, the only people I could see it helping is 1-older systems 2-people with less than 3gb of ram. My understanding of Game Booster is that it frees up RAM, and with most games needing no more than 2gb of RAM(just the game not the other processes) if that it probably won't help much if at all for a newer system with 4+ GB of RAM.
     
    DaneGRClose, Nov 30, 2010
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  10. lie495fc

    lie495fc Notebook Consultant

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    works like a charm on my desktop which has tons of programs running in the background. but on my R1 i dont notice any differences.
     
    lie495fc, Nov 30, 2010
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  11. Skillman01

    Skillman01 Notebook Consultant

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    Like some guys said. I think it works in older pcs better than newer pcs. I used a dell (dontt remeber the name) a while a go to play grand chase. But since i got no problem with games now i dont even used it .
     
    Skillman01, Nov 30, 2010
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  12. (Txc)Traveler

    (Txc)Traveler Notebook Enthusiast

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    It makes a little difference, in SC2 it helps me get maybe 5 more fps, which is good since vanilla sc2 ran perfect but every patch after feels like its made the game run less smoothly, im on a r1 btw.
     
    (Txc)Traveler, Dec 1, 2010
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  13. Whiplash

    Whiplash Notebook Consultant

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    The only benefit I see in Game Booster is that is reduces my RAM usage by about 20% before I start the game.
     
    Whiplash, Dec 1, 2010
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